Tom Tobin & the Hunt for the Bloody Espinosas

Hope everyone had an amazing 4th of July! Happy 250th!In 1863, Colorado Territory was gripped by fear.A series of brutal killings spread across the mountain roads, mining camps, ranches, and lonely settlements of southern Colorado. The killers became known as the Bloody Espinosas — Felipe Espinosa and those who rode with him — and for a time, soldiers, posses, and lawmen could not stop them.Then Fort Garland sent for Tom Tobin.Tobin was a mountain man, scout, tracker, and frontier survivor whose life had already carried him through the Santa Fe Trail, Taos, Bent’s Fort, the Taos Revolt, and the dangerous borderlands of New Mexico and Colorado. But his most famous hunt came when he was called to track down Felipe Espinosa and bring an end to one of the darkest chapters in Colorado’s territorial history.In this episode, we dive into the story of the Bloody Espinosas, the fear they created across Colorado, the failed attempts to stop them, and the forgotten tracker who finally ended their reign of terror.This is the story of Tom Tobin: the forgotten mountain man who hunted the Bloody Espinosas.#TomTobin #BloodyEspinosas #WildWestHistory #OldWest #AmericanWest #WesternHistory #ColoradoHistory #MountainMen #FrontierHistory #WildWestDeepDives #FortGarland #KitCarson #TrueWest #HistoryPodcast #OutlawHistory #AmericanHistory #WesternLegends #forgottenhistory Sources for Episode;https://www.metismuseum.ca/media/document.php/14662.Thomas%20Tate%20Tobin.pdfhttps://santafetrail.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Thomas-Tate-Tobin.pdf THIS MAN HUNTED DOWN THE FIRST KNOWN SERIAL KILLERS OUT WEST (3) By; Daniel Sanchez-Leonetti https://historynet.com/this-man-hunted-down-the-wests-first-known-serial-killers/Espinosa Murders Colorado Encyclopedia https://coloradoencyclopedia.org/article/espinosa-murders Man Hunter Tom Tobin was Kit Carson III’s ‘Other’ Celebrated Grandfather By Gregory Lalire https://historynet.com/man-hunter-tom-tobin-was-kit-carson-iiis-other-celebrated-grandfather/ Tom Tate Tobin – Exploring & Scouting in New Mexico & Colorado https://www.legendsofamerica.com/tom-tobin/ Famous Men of the Santa Fe Trail By Colonel Henry Inman, 1897 https://www.legendsofamerica.com/we-santafetrailfamousmen/#tom-tobin